ALL (PT)

Nature Cat"Playground-Palooza/Small But Big"
Playground-Palooza - When Nature Cat, Squeeks, Daisy and Hal learn that their city dog friend Sadie is sad because she really misses playing with her friends out in nature, Nature Cat has a great idea to make her feel better. They will bring the nature fun to Sadie right in the middle of the city! The gang loves the idea, but there is one small question: how are they going to bring nature into the city?! Small But Big - Squeeks is so excited because today is The Small But Big Art Fair, and she is making a small but big masterpiece for it! The others are excited to go see it, but getting there proves to be difficult because the directions are really for small creatures and will require Daisy, Nature Cat and Hal to use magnifying glasses to help them get there. D

5:30 pm

Nightly Business Report
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, The Justice Department sues to block AT&T's proposed takeover of Time Warner, setting up one of the biggest antitrust cases in years. D

Antiques Roadshow"Survivors"
In this special episode, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW highlights amazing tales of rescues, near misses, and beating the odds with treasures that have endured wars, natural disasters, fires and more. A French Blue John urn that remains largely intact despite multiple gunshots is appraised for $3,000 to $5,000.G

8:00 pm

David Letterman: The Mark Twain Prize
This year, the Kennedy Center has selected Emmy Award-winning comedian, David Letterman as the recipient of the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Letterman has been hailed as one of the most innovative and influential broadcasters in the history of television. In 33 years on late-night television, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night (NBC) and The Late Show (CBS), surpassing his mentor, Johnny Carson, for the longest-running late-night broadcaster in American history. As a writer, producer and performer, Letterman is one of the most-nominated people in Emmy Award history, with 52 nominations, resulting in 10 wins. Letterman is also a Peabody Award winner and a Kennedy Center Honoree.G

9:30 pm

Independent Lens"Shadow World"
Based on Andrew Feinstein's globally acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, Shadow World reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade - the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. D

Globe Trekker"Food Hour: The Story of Chocolate"
For 4,000 years, people the world over have turned to the delicacy of chocolate for rituals, medicine, romance and sheer pleasure. In this informative and entertaining documentary, Judith Jones reveals how our love affair with chocolate began in Mesoamerica, present-day Southern Mexico and Central America, where people living deep in the tropical rainforests discovered the edible properties of Theobroma cacao, referred to as the food of the gods. With fellow travelers from around the world, Judith discovers the extraordinary popularity behind the pleasure of chocolate. D

6:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Climbing Idaho"
Today's rock-climbing enthusiasts support climbing gyms, clubs and advocacy groups - no longer the exclusive band of wanderers of just a few decades ago. The heights they achieve throughout the state require skills, levels of expertise, techniques and climbing methods as varied as the state's terrain. Cameras follow as they seek to conquer nature's rock walls.G

6:30 pm

Dialogue"First Amendment Advocate Mary Beth Tinker"
Host Marcia Franklin interviews the woman, who with her brother, was a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court lawsuit that defined free speech rights for students. Tinker, a nurse, discusses her involvement with the case and her current involvement in students' rights issues.G

7:00 pm

Expeditions with Patrick McMillan"Grandfather Mountain, Island in the Sky"
The lofty peaks of the Blue Ridge rise like islands in the sky. They provide unique habitats that act as ecological islands generating diversity and preserving fragments of the past. No peak has a more prominent position or poignant story than this one. D

7:30 pm

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope"Dreamin' California's Coast - Malibu to Big Sur"
Joseph and Julie celebrate their anniversary by joining a Luxury Tour that begins in their home town of Topanga. They head to the nearby Getty Villa and from there travel north along the winding coast to Santa Barbara and continue to the Big Sur.G

Music Voyager"Eleuthera"
The longest islands of The Bahamas, steeped in history culture and beauty, from the famous visual Glass Window Bridge between the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean to historic Spanish Wells and quaint Harbor Island. In this episode, travel the length of the island with Mirissa Neff and learn that while it seems like different worlds between Eleuthera, Harbor Islands and Spanish Wells, it's the people that collectively have one voice and are connected in the island's culture. D

9:00 pm

Globe Trekker"Food Hour: The Story of Chocolate"
For 4,000 years, people the world over have turned to the delicacy of chocolate for rituals, medicine, romance and sheer pleasure. In this informative and entertaining documentary, Judith Jones reveals how our love affair with chocolate began in Mesoamerica, present-day Southern Mexico and Central America, where people living deep in the tropical rainforests discovered the edible properties of Theobroma cacao, referred to as the food of the gods. With fellow travelers from around the world, Judith discovers the extraordinary popularity behind the pleasure of chocolate. D

10:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Climbing Idaho"
Today's rock-climbing enthusiasts support climbing gyms, clubs and advocacy groups - no longer the exclusive band of wanderers of just a few decades ago. The heights they achieve throughout the state require skills, levels of expertise, techniques and climbing methods as varied as the state's terrain. Cameras follow as they seek to conquer nature's rock walls.G

10:30 pm

Dialogue"First Amendment Advocate Mary Beth Tinker"
Host Marcia Franklin interviews the woman, who with her brother, was a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court lawsuit that defined free speech rights for students. Tinker, a nurse, discusses her involvement with the case and her current involvement in students' rights issues.G

11:00 pm

Expeditions with Patrick McMillan"Grandfather Mountain, Island in the Sky"
The lofty peaks of the Blue Ridge rise like islands in the sky. They provide unique habitats that act as ecological islands generating diversity and preserving fragments of the past. No peak has a more prominent position or poignant story than this one. D

11:30 pm

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope"Dreamin' California's Coast - Malibu to Big Sur"
Joseph and Julie celebrate their anniversary by joining a Luxury Tour that begins in their home town of Topanga. They head to the nearby Getty Villa and from there travel north along the winding coast to Santa Barbara and continue to the Big Sur.G

5:00 pm

Quilting Arts"On The Edge"
Move out to the very edge of motifs and quilts. Contemporary realist Grace Errea shares a new technique for raw edge applique that doesn't fray. Author and innovator Renae Haddadin adds binding to quilts on the long arm. D

5:30 pm

Paint This With Jerry Yarnell"The Perfect Perch, Part 4"
In the final episode of this series, Jerry shows his viewers how to block in the hawk with the #2 chisel-edge brush using quick strokes. Then uses #4 round sable brush to add the hawk's beak and uses same brush for highlights on bird. Then with script brush Jerry adds more bright weeds to foreground and explains how very important these weeds are to this particular painting in terms of composition. D

6:00 pm

Taste The Islands"Sak Pase"
Chef Thia creates a menu reminiscent of home with a simple tomato avocado salad, Haitian tasso de dinde - turkey sauteed in white wine, djon djon mushroom rice and a passion fruit rum punch. She shares her memories of youth in the land of kreyol. D

6:30 pm

Pati's Mexican Table"Mexican-Style Kids' Party"
Fun, kid-friendly and (mostly!) finger food that you'd find at a children's party in Mexico, adapted for American parties at home. A special guest shows up to make dessert! Crazy Corn; Chicken Flautas; Chocolate and Cajeta Cupcakes. D

7:00 pm

This Old House"Approaching Half Way"
Dining room flooring is used to make a barn door. Roger teaches a horticulture class in the field. Tommy and Charlie break through the basement wall to find uninsulated crawl space. D

7:30 pm

Rudy Maxa's World: The Taste of Japan
RUDY MAXA'S WORLD: THE TASTE OF JAPAN takes an in-depth look at the places in Japan that many visitors miss, as well as the food that makes Japanese cuisine one of the world's most admired. Along with Tokyo-born, Washington, D.C. restauranteur Daisuke Utagawa, host Rudy Maxa tours Tokyo, the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, and the southern, subtropical island of Kyushu. D

8:30 pm

Lidia's Kitchen"Olive Oil"
Olive oil reigns in Lidia's kitchen, and in this episode she teaches how to use it from appetizer to soup to dessert. She begins with a delicious tomato and bread salad - a delicious tossed salad of country bread and juicy ripe tomatoes known as panzanella; a nourishing rice and lentil soup and a cannoli napoleon, a new twist on the old cannoli: ricotta cream with crunchy almonds and chocolate layered between fried pastry. D

Simply Ming"Hawai'i - Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong"
Heading to the Hawai'i Food and Wine festival, Ming bumps into chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, masters of Hawai'ian cuisine. As the friends catch up, they decide to head to their favorite place - the kitchen - to create three distinct and flavorful fish dishes. D

10:00 pm

Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke"Much at Steak"
A show devoted to the most awesome cut of meat to grill: steak. Unleash your inner carnivore and build your confidence whenever you step up to the grill to cook the perfect slab of meat. Up first, a magisterial wood-grilled beef tomahawk steak topped with Pt. D

10:30 pm

Curious Traveler"Curious Paris"
Why does Paris look like Paris? Why were the Eiffel Tower and the Pont Alexandre III built for World Expos? Why is the Opera Garnier so ornate? Why is there a Romano-Byzantine Basilica atop the highest point in Paris? Why are the streets so windy in Montmartre? Why was a famous cabaret built inside a red mill: the Moulin Rouge?. D

11:00 pm

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish"La Despedida (The Farewell)"
This episode covers days of the week, telling time, and conversation that use these concepts. Raquel helps find Jaime and his dog Osito.G

Crying Earth Rise Up
A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that caused her daughter's critical health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. Crying Earth Rise Up exposes the human cost of uranium mining and its impact on Great Plains drinking water. D

Stories from the Stage"Suticase Stories (Part 1)"
Coming to America. U-Meleni Mhlaba-Abedo from Zimbabwe "sows seeds" of renewal in the US, Grace Talusan shares how a green station wagon helped her family become Americans, and Kevin Dutremble challenges his assumptions about others. Three storytellers, three interpretations of "Suitcase Stories," hosted by Theresa Okokon. D

My Louisiana Love
MY LOUISIANA LOVE journeys with filmmaker Monique Verdin on a quest to connect with her ancestral roots within the Houma Nation, a Native American community reeling from decades of environmental degradation and natural disasters. The Houma, one of the largest Native American tribes in North America, live in South Louisiana communities where decaying marshlands serve as the only buffer against storm-surge floodwaters. Verdin sees her people's traditional way of life - and the land they live on - threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental crises. D

10:00 pm

Crying Earth Rise Up
A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that caused her daughter's critical health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. Crying Earth Rise Up exposes the human cost of uranium mining and its impact on Great Plains drinking water. D

Stories from the Stage"Suticase Stories (Part 1)"
Coming to America. U-Meleni Mhlaba-Abedo from Zimbabwe "sows seeds" of renewal in the US, Grace Talusan shares how a green station wagon helped her family become Americans, and Kevin Dutremble challenges his assumptions about others. Three storytellers, three interpretations of "Suitcase Stories," hosted by Theresa Okokon. D